Question 6

the great depression began with the stock market crash of 1929 but was made worse in georgia by what two events?

wwii and the attack on pearl harbor

a drought and the invasion of the boll weevil

the atlanta compromise and the land lease program

an outbreak of measles and lack of clean water

question 7

governor eugene talmadge opposed desegregation and what new deal programs?

organized labor unions, free trade, state's rights

soil conservation, job training, and segregation of schools

welfare spending, federal government intervention, organized labor

electricity of rural areas, job creation for veterans, state's rights

question 8
choose president franklin d. roosevelt's connection to georgia. (one answer only)

question 8 options:

fdr had an unhappy connection to georgia due to a childhood injury that happened in georgia.

fdr had no connection to georgia. he neither liked nor disliked the state.

fdr attended college and played football at the university of georgia.

fdr visited georgia often for the therapeutic waters of warm springs.

question 9
how did the federal new deal programs of the 1930s have a lasting effect on the georgia economy?

roads, public buildings, and other facilities were constructed using federal money.

georgia's citizens were provided with federal income tax relief.

the federal government provided money to attract new industries to georgia.

the federal minimum wage was repealed, allowing wages to respond to supply and demand.

question 10
read the following quote and choose the time period this young women would have most likely lived in.

lina belle mccommons, a north carolina citizen who formerly lived in georgia, said the following about her younger days there:

"we benefited in this area (greene county, georgia) because it was chosen for a number of the ccc camps — the army of young workers, who worked in forests and fields, stopping erosion. some people said it was a waste of money. but it kept a lot of young fellows employed."

georgia's reconstruction period

post world war ii

prior to the great depression

during fdr's new deal programs

question 11
match the term, event, or person to the appropriate definition.

georgia journalist that encouraged unity and trust between north and south to aid in the economic recovery of georgia

the act of denying or preventing a person to vote

established the atlanta mutual insurance association and supported the civil rights movement

the idea proposed by booker t. washington that equality should be sought gradually, focused more on economic equality rather than social equality

the legal separation of public facilities in the south, based on race

1.
disenfranchisement

2.
henry grady

3.
the atlanta compromise

4.
alonzo herndon

5.
segregation

question 12
which of the following strategies were used to disenfranchise black georgians in the early 1900s?

poll tax, literacy test, white primary

poll tax, white primary, voting rights act

general elections, fifteenth amendment, poll tax

grandfather clause, white primary, fifteenth amendment